Adjustable arm and leg rest



March 3, 1953 w. M. EUBANKS, SR

ADJUSTABLE ARM AND LEG REST 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 Filed Oct. 16, 1950INVENTOR.

March 1953 w. M. EUBANKS, SR 2,530,283

ADJUSTABLE ARM AND LEG REST Filed Oct. 16, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 WilliamM. E ubanks Sr.

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Patented Mar. 3, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE ARM AND LEGREST William M. Eubanks, Sr., Augusta, Ga.

Application October 16, 1950, Serial No. 190,295

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in supportsor rests adapted to hold either the leg or arm of a person in a desiredadjusted position and is designed primarily for use by invalids orconvalescents to support the weight of the leg or arm while healing.

An important object of the invention is to provide a portable support orrest of this character including a stand on which a sling is adjustableinto a desired inclined position and to further construct the sling ofupper and lower independently adjustable sections to support the severalparts of an arm or leg in a desired adjusted position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a portable stand on whicheither a single or a double leg or arm supporting sling may beinterchangeably mounted in a desired adjusted position.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efiicient and dependable inuse, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive tomanufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which thesame is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a single arm or leg supportingsling supported on the stand;

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional View of the sling taken ona line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view of theadjustable connector for the sling taken on a line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a pair of the leg or armsupporting slings mounted on the stand; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on a line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring now to the drawings in detai1wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates the stand generally and which comprises a ring6 forming a base having spokes 1 connecting the ring to the lower end ofan upstanding hollow post 8 at the center of the ring. Inclined braces 9extend from the upper portion of the post to the ring.

The parts of the stand 5 identified above are preferably constructed oflightweight metal and 3 Claims. (01. 24s 125 2 welded or otherwiserigidly secured to each other.

The upper end of post 8 is internally threaded as shown at In to receivea screw II secured in a vertically adjusted position above the post by awing nut I2.

An eye I3 is formed with an internally threaded socket H! at its lowerend for threading on the upper end of screw I I and a bolt I 5 and wingnut I6 is supported in the eye I3 and on which a pair of eyes I! aremounted at opposite sides of the eye I3.

The eyes ll are formed as a part of sling designated generally at I8composed of upper and lower frames I9 and 20, frame I9 being ofsubstantially U-shaped construction and frame 20 including a pair ofspaced parallel side rails 2| to the upper ends of which the ends offrame I9 are secured in swingably adjusted position by a bolt and wingnut 22 for the vertical adjustment of upper frame I9 with respect tolower frame 20.

The lower ends of side rails 2| are formed with a pair of upwardlyinclined arms 23 converging at their upper end and united with eachother substantially in the form of a V and to the united ends of whichthe eyes I! are cast or otherwise suitably carried.

Th upper end of upper frame I9 is provided with a downwardly curvedcross bar 24 and a canvas or other fabric envelope I5 is sleeved overthe upper end of frames l9 and 20 to form the web of the sling.

When it is desired to support a pair of the arm or leg rests on thestand 5, the eye I3 is removed and a T fitting 26 is threaded on theupper end of screw II. A rod 21 is supported in T 26 and the ends of therod are formed with upstanding eyes 28 and on which the eyes I! carriedby the arms 23 of the front frame 20 are supported by bolt and wing nut29.

In the operation of the device the sling I8 is secured in a desiredvertically tilted position at the upper end of screw II of stand 5 and aleg or forearm may be supported in the web 25 of front frame 28 whilethe upper end of the leg or arm is supported on the web of the rearframe I 9. The rear frame I9 may be tilted with respect to the frontframe 20 to support the parts of the leg or arm at a desired position.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is.

1. A support of the class described comprising a stand, and a slingsupported on the stand and including a i'rame composed of inner andouter pairs of parallel bars, means pivotally connecting the adjacentends of the bars to each other for vertical swinging adjustment of theouter bars, afabric web supported on the frame, a. pair of supportingarms each having one end united with and underlying the inner pair ofbars at an acute angle with respect thereto, said arms converging attheir other ends, and means pivotally connecting the converging ends ofthe arms to the stand for vertical swinging adjustment of the frame.

2. A support or the class described comprising a stand including anannular base, a post rising from the center of the base, a verticaladjusting screw at the upper end of the post, an eye at the upper end ofthe screw, a V-shaped arm having an eye at its converging end alignedwith the first named eye, a pin pivotally connecting said eyes to eachother, a pair of bars united with the diverging end portions of saidarm, said bars overlying the arm at an acute angle with respect thereto,a U-shaped frame pivoted to the outer ends of said bars for verticalswinging adjustment of the frame, and a flexible web supported on saidbars and frame.

3. A support of the class described comprising a stand including a basehaving a post rising therefrom, a horizontal bar, means connecting thecentral portion of the bar on the upper end of the post, eyes at theends of the bar, and a pair of slings rockably supported on said eyes inspaced parallel relation to each other, and each including inner andouter pairs of bars, a pair of arms connected to each other in V-shapedarrangement and connected at their diverging end portions at an acuteangle to one of said inner pairs of bars and pivotally connected attheir converging end portions to one of said eyes, means. pivotallyconnecting the adjacent ends of the inner and outer pairs of bars toeach other for vertical swinging movement of one pair relative, to theother, and a fabric web on said inner and outer pairs of bars.

WILLIAM M. EUBANKS, Sa.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 618,069 Drake Jan, 24, 18991,964,930 Aiebrandt July 3, 1934 2,458,950 Lugardo Jan. 11, 19492,459,033 Kraus Jan. 11, 1949

